{"id":368562,"date":"2011-03-28T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/children-of-their-parents\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T13:06:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:06:41","slug":"children-of-their-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/children-of-their-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Of Their Parents!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wisdom, they say, is like a wine; it becomes better with age. But children of nowadays seem to have forgotten about this important fact of life. <\/p>\n

Perhaps it is because of youthful grey hair growing on their heads as a result of consuming too much genetically modified food. Or is it because the modern-day parent has shirked his responsibility of training his children to respect the elderly?<\/p>\n

The other day I took a stroll along the Kubease main street and was very horrified to see a teenage boy insulting an octogenarian whom most Kubeaseans hold in high esteem.<\/p>\n

I was angered so much that I wanted to teach the boy a few Kung fu and Tai Chi-chuan lessons there and then; but the wise old man impressed upon me to cool down and not lose my temper over such a \u2018frivolous\u2019 matter. <\/p>\n

Seeing bewilderment written all over my face, he smiled and said, \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised, my son. The boy is really the son of his parents.\u201d <\/p>\n

I left the scene more confused than an Eskimo in the tropics. Are we all not the children of our parents? Are we not, Abusuapanin? Then what did the wise old man mean by \u2018the boy is really the son of his parents\u2019?<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t decipher the puzzle until a few days later when I saw the boy\u2019s mother dish out a similar dose to an old lady. The wisdom in what the old man said dawned on me there and then. The boy was indeed the son of his mother.<\/p>\n

It is obvious the parents of such a boy, having shirked their parental responsibility of imbibing good morals in their child, would regard heaping unprovoked insults on the elderly as virtue and not vice. After all, that is the fruit of the seed they sowed in their child.<\/p>\n

With the above experience in mind, I was therefore very puzzled when I heard many concerned compatriots of mine appeal to the President to sack the Deputy Minister of Interior, Kobby Acheampong, for having a very foul-mouth. <\/p>\n

Their appeal is very puzzling because Kobby\u2019s actions are nothing but virtuous acts to the Asomdwehene. How can the President sack him when what we call bad odour smells like perfume to the President\u2019s nose?<\/p>\n

Not too long ago, the very dishonourable Kobby Acheampong, who now gleefully responds to the honourable title, dishonourably alluded that there was massive renovation in the then President Kufuor\u2019s house which amounted to about $1.2 million. <\/p>\n

Instead of honourably apologising when the whole world finally got to know that he had told a white lie, the dishonourable Kobby dishonourably refused. <\/p>\n

In the run up to the 2008 polls, his dishonourable behaviour on live television led to his dismissal as a lecturer of Communication Studies at The African University College of Communications. This time again, the dishonourable Kobby did not do the honourable thing.<\/p>\n

And what did the man who calls himself Asomdwehene do to this dishonourable man? <\/p>\n

He rewarded the dishonourable man with a deputy ministerial position which earned him the right to add the honourable title to his dishonourable name.<\/p>\n

How would you feel if you were in dishonourable Kobby\u2019s shoes? Elated and energized, I suppose. That was exactly how Kobby felt. <\/p>\n

So in his bid to further impress his boss, he fired all manner of salvoes at the Osono General Secretary, Sir John, giving birth to the infamous \u2018kookooase kurasini\u2019 expression which denigrated residents of Oseikrom and the countryside cocoa farmer. <\/p>\n

He was impressed upon to apologise, which he did; but later revoked the apology because he deemed it wrong for a dishonourable person to try being honourable. <\/p>\n

Again, he won the admiration of his boss and was moved to the Interior Ministry as a Deputy Minister, while decent and honourable ministers like Alex Tetteh-Enyo were given the boot.<\/p>\n

The dishonourable Kobby became so energized that he described the Osono flag-bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as an untidy person and a fruitcake (mad person), forgetting that Asomdwekromanians know who the real fruitcake is. <\/p>\n

At least, we do know the one who sees imaginary trees and human beings with legs up and heads down, don\u2019t we? <\/p>\n

Knowing the President for who he is, do not be surprised if he pats the dishonourable Kobby on the back for exuding that pungent smell. After all, is Kobby not his son? <\/p>\n

I laughed when I heard my compatriots shout their voices hoarse that the President should put the brakes on another dishonourable minister. Shameless Hannah Bissiw is the one I refer to. I laughed because I know the President will rather do the opposite. <\/p>\n

He will do that because dishonourable Hannah Bissiw is only exhibiting what her parents imbibed in her. Indeed, is Hannah Bissiw not the daughter of the President? <\/p>\n

The President can host clergymen and Imams and delude them into believing that he does not support politics of insult. But those of us who know the fruits he is bearing will never be deceived. After all, did the Good Book not say, \u201cBy their fruits we shall know them?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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